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This Week in Video-Game History is all about dubious consoles. From the Game Gear to the N-Gage, a surprising number of failed platforms celebrated their birthdays this week.

Choosing your character's name can have a huge impact on your fundamental experience with a video game.

With the recent re-release of Ogre Battle 64 -- one of Mike Gingras's favorite games -- on the Wii's Virtual Console, he got to thinking about good games that aren't well represented in mainstream gaming. The "hidden gems," if you will. Here are his favorites.

Ebay seller urb4nz0mb13 dares you to man up and bid on this unidentified N64 cartridge. 20 percent of the proceeds will go to charity, but you could be stuck with Castlevania 64....